Environmental changes at the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition and during the early Holocene: some distinctive aspects in central Europe

Data on environmental change at the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition and during the early Holocene are reviewed with particular reference to evidence from Poland and neighbouring areas of central Europe. Various factors modified the rate of environmental change during the general warming and reforestation. The preservation in central Europe of coniferous forest at the beginning of the Holocene, and the relatively late development of deciduous...